De merits of green revolution

 

Green Revolution is a unique event in the agricultural history of Independent India. This has saved us from the disasters of hunger and starvation and made our peasants more confident than ever before

But there are Some of the major demerits or problems of green revolution in India are discussed below:

1. Inter-Crop Imbalances:

The effect of Green Revolution is primarily felt on food-grains. Although all food-grains including wheat, rice, jowar, bajra and maize have gained from the Green Revolution, it is wheat which has benefited the most.

Major commercial crops like cotton, jute, tea and sugarcane are also almost untouched by the Green Revolution. The rate of growth in production of pulses has declined from 1-39 per cent per annum in the pre-Green Revolution period to only 0–79 per cent per annum during the period from 1967-68 to 1994-95. This is not good for a balanced growth of Indian agriculture.

2. Regional Disparities:

Green Revolution technology has given birth to growing disparities in economic development at interred and intra regional levels.

3. Increase in Inter-Personal Inequalities:

It has been observed that it is the big farmer having 10 hectares or more land, who is benefited the most from Green Revolution because he has the financial resources to purchase farm implements, better seeds, fertilizers and can arrange for regular supply of irrigation water to the crops.

4. Unemployment:

Except in Punjab, and to some extent in Haryana, farm mechanization under Green Revolution has created widespread unemployment among agricultural labourers in the rural areas. The worst hit are the poor and the landless people.

5. Other Problems:

Agriculture under Green Revolution has not grown at a rate which was expected in the beginning.